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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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